Boat Fire on Fox Lake
福克斯湖船隻火災
Introduction
Four young people were on a boat on July 12. A fire started on the boat. All four people are safe.
7月12日有四名年輕人在一艘船上。船上發生了火災，四人皆平安。
Main Body
The fire started before 11:00 a.m. The boat had a lot of fire. Other boaters helped the four young people get out of the water. Firefighters pulled the boat to the land and put out the fire.
火災發生在上午11:00之前。船上的火勢很大。其他船員協助四名年輕人跳入水中脫險。消防員將船拖回陸地並撲滅火災。
One person bought the boat one day before the fire. A young man drove the boat. He followed the law. The people tried to stop the fire with a tool, but the fire was too big.
有人在火災發生前一天才購買這艘船。由一名年輕人駕駛，他遵守了法律。人們嘗試使用工具滅火，但火勢太大。
Police say the people did not cause the fire. There are many boat accidents in Wisconsin now. For example, three children died on Geneva Lake recently. In 2022, a person died on Fox Lake because they had no life jacket.
警方表示，起火並非由這些人造成。目前威斯康星州發生許多船隻事故。例如，最近在日內瓦湖有三名兒童死亡。2022年，有人在福克斯湖因未穿救生衣而死亡。
Conclusion
The people are okay. The driver did not make a mistake.
這些人都平安，駕駛員沒有犯錯。
Vocabulary Learning
⏳ The 'Past' Secret
Look at these words from the story:
- Started
- Helped
- Pulled
- Followed
The Pattern: To talk about things that already happened, we often just add -ed to the end of the action word.
Examples from the text:
start → started
help → helped